When Ron Prosor was the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, his impish sense of humor came out when he would deliberately take a route to his chair in the General Assembly by passing behind the seat of the Iranian ambassador. More...

Maybe if Jonathan Ellis hadn’t listened to his wife Isabel, he might not have been singled out for the highest honor the Tampa JCCs & Federation presents each year to a member of the local Jewish community. More...

(JTA) — The Israeli parliament passed a bill that would retroactively legalize some West Bank settlements built on private Palestinian land.
Knesset lawmakers voted 60-52 in favor of the measure Feb. 6 to legalize some 4,000 settler homes. More...